Attachable power-driven supporting frame for mowers and other garden implements



p 1945- c. c. FULTON ,37

I ATTACHABLE POWER DRIVEN SUPPORTING FRAME FOR MOWERS AND OTHER GARDEN IMPLEMENTS I Filed June 22, 1942 2 Sheets-Sheet l improved cooperable means for Patented Apr. 24, 1945 a'r'raommnn rowan-pawns sumairmo FRAME FOR MOWEBS AND -DEN IMPLEMENTS OTHER GAR- Claude C. Fulton, St. Louis, Mo. Application June 22, 1942, Serial No. 447,976

2 Claims. Bil-19) This invention relates to an attachable power driven supporting frame for-mowers and other garden working implements, and in fact goes to the frame structure of a propelling device on which an internal combustion engine is mounted for driving or propelling the device, and the device or frame structure thereof being of a construction whereby it may be readily attached or detached to different required garden working implements having cooperable meansfor adaptably attaching or detaching, and so that the attached implement may be operatedor propelled.

It is therefore an object of the invention to provide a frame for supporting a power generat ing unit and the frame being of a construction to provide for'aptly and duickly attaching and detaching the different implements thereto as may'be required.

Another object of the invention is to provide the frame. of a partly tubular construction for use in clampingly securing the attached implement.

A further object is to provide a propelling frame with means fortelescopingly attaching cooperation with parts of the implement t6 be attached. v v

A still further object is to provide a frame with attaching the guiding handles thereto.

Still another object is to'provide a propelling frame having an arched ground wheel support with paralleling tubular members for providing attaching means for parts to'be secured to the frame. 4

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, my invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes may be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Embodiments of the invention areillustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a side elevation of this improved power driven supporting frame showing it attached to a power sickle mower.

Figure Z'is a plan elevationof Fig. 1.

Figure 3 is a vertical traverse sectional-eleva' tion taken approximately onithe line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Figure ,4 is a fragmentary plan view of a portion of the mower frame showing the attaching prongs thereof for cooperation with the power driven supporting frame.

Figure 5 is an enlarged fragmentary transverse vertical section elevation taken approximately on the line 5-! of'Fig. 1, showing the manner of attaching the guiding handles to the supporting frame.

Referring by numerals to the accompanying drawings. It designates this improved attachable power driven supporting frame which comprises an arched member ll having a horizontal portion I! whichis downwardly bent at its ends as designated at II to form depending legs H. The arched member Ii may be formed from strap iron and at the lower end of each leg Ila horizontal spindle II is outwardly projected, and turnably mounted on each spindle is aground Fixed by welding or other suitable means on the shoulder on each bend ll of the arched member II is a horizontally disposed tubular member l1, and mounted on said members i! and secured thereto area series of transversely disposed bars II for the support of a platform I l, and mounted on said platform is an internal combustion engine 20.

On the inner end of the hub 1| of each ground wheel Itis a fixed sprocket 22, said sprockets being driven by, respective chain-belts 23 from differential shafting 24 supported in bearings 25 fromthe platform I. The shai'ting His driven by the chain-belt 28 on the clutch shaft 21 which receives its rotation from the engine sprocket II by the chain-belt fl,

Figs. 1 and 2 show the attachment of a sickle mower frame 3| to the power driven supporting frame ll, said frame 30 comprising a horizontally disposed transverse tubular bar ll having downwardly and forwardly extending arms I! for the support of the blade holder 33 of the sickle blade I..

Intermediate the length of the bar 3| are a pair of rearwardiy extending parallelly disposed prongs II which are spaced apart equal to the distance of that of the tubular members 11 of the supporting frame It and are inserted in the forward ends of respective members l1. Each member I1 is provided on its underside adjacent their forward ends with a longitudinal split and with-depending cars It on each side of the split through which respective clamping bolts 31 are secured and after insertion of the prongs 3! the bolts 3'! are manipulated to clampingly secure the prongs of the mower frame ll in respective tubular members l1.

The bar ii of the mower frame it adjacent one end is provided with a horizontally disposed bearing 38 for the support of a shaft 3! having a grooved pulley it on one end and-a crank arm ll secured to the opposite end of said shaft and connected to'said arm is area 42 which is connected at its opposite end to reclprocatory mechanism such as shown in my U. 8. Letters Patent No. 2,263,083,.dated November 18, 1941, for op erating the sickle blade as of the blade holder 33.

when themower frame 8! is attached for mowing purposes a belt 43 is cooperably engaged on the pulley Iii and the pulley ll on the clutch sliaft 21 so that the sickle blade" can be reciprocated-bv power from the engine "j asthe split on their under sides and are provided with depending cars It and a clamping bolt II is secured in each pair or ears so'that the stub end 50 of each of the handle-bars M, can be engaged I and secured in the rear ends of respective tubular members H.

The arched member ll having the legs Id from which the ground wheel supporting spindles are extended not only provides for the straddling oi out growth for eliminating entanglements, but also provides for a simple construction of'supporting frame in that the arched member forms an ideal base structure for the securing of the ing tubular members 11, transverse um II and platform 19 for the support of the power unit or-engine 28.

I The tubular members ll as shown are each fixed on a respective shoulder or bend it of the arched member II with their top edges flush and on the same horizontal plane with the top of the horizontal portion I! of the arched member and which specific construction lends itselffor iiush securance of an intermediate transverse bar-"ll as clearly shown in Fig. 3.

What I claim is:

10" 1. The combination of a frame having a traction wheel, power means cooperableg with said wheel, a; pair of handle bars, and an implement to be attached to said frame, said frame having a pair of spaced open ended paralleling tubular 3 members each being longitudinally split at their open ends, said implement having a pair of extending prongs forinsertable cooperation with said tubular members. atone end thereof, said handle bars having insertable cooperation with 20 the other ends of said tubular members, and

clamping means; at the split ends of said tubular members. Y

2."lihe combination of aipower driven frame and an'implement to be attached to the frame,

2 said frame comprising an arched member having a pair or depending legs, a spindle extending from each of said legs, a traction wheel on each of said spindles, a tubular member horizontally disposed and secured at right angles to said 80 arched member on each shoulder formed by'the arch thereof. each of said tubular-members having adJacent split open ends, said implement having a pair or extending prongs for insertable cooperation with said tubular members, clamp- 85 mg means at the split open ends of said tubular superstructure which is comprised of the paralleimembers, and power means supported by. said tubular members and having driving coopera-. tion with said wheels.

a CLAUDE C. FULTON. 

